lii, 1918 pages : 27 cm

Initiated by international scholars as a Catholic and ecumenical, academic and pastoral enterprise, The International Bible Commentary brings together many voices, Catholic and ecumenical, speaking from different cultural perspectives to God's Word.1

Includes bibliographical references and index

General articles. -- The power of the word of God -- How to interpret the Bible. -- Insights into the history of biblical interpretation. -- Introduction -- Biblical interpretation in Qumran -- Rabbinic exegesis -- How has the Bible exercised power to guide the faithful in the early history of the Church? -- The power of the Bible in the Middle Ages -- Interpretation of the Bible within the Bible itself -- Patristic exegesis of the books of the Bible -- Truth told in the Bible: Biblical poetics and the question of truth. -- Unleashing the power of the Bible. -- Introduction -- The Bible and liturgy -- The Bible and preaching -- The Bible in the Charismatic Movement -- The Bible in the Retreat Movement -- The Bible and prayer in Africa. -- How did we get our Bible?. -- Introduction -- How the Bible came to us -- The Deuterocanonical writings -- How reliable is the text of the Bible? -- Text criticism of the New Testament -- Archaeology and the Bible -- The canonical structure of the New Testament: The Gospel and the Apostle -- The Eucharist in the New Testament -- The Bible and servant-priest-disciple -- The historic Jesus: God's call to freedom through love -- Jesus Christ / Jon Sobrino -- Jesus Christ / Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer -- The life of Paul -- Peter and Paul. -- Selected pastoral concerns. -- Liberation --- To heal and transform: Women's biblical studies -- Family: An African perspective -- Justice, work, and poverty -- Violence and evil in the Bible -- Ecumenism -- Antisemitism in the Bible and after -- Inculturation of biblical message -- The Bible and ecology -- The Christian and the state according to the New Testament and in the early Church -- Nationalism and Christian faith. -- Commentaries. -- Old Testament. -- The Pentateuch -- The Pentateuch as Torah in Jewish tradition -- Genesis -- Exodus: An introduction -- Exodus -- Leviticus -- Numbers -- Deuteronomy -- Introduction to the Deuteronomistic history -- Joshua -- Judges -- Ruth -- 1-2 Samuel -- 1-2 Kings -- Introduction to 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah -- 1 Chronicles -- 2 Chronicles -- Ezra-Nehemiah -- Tobit -- Judith -- Esther -- 1 Maccabees -- 2 Maccabees -- Wisdom: A way of thinking about God -- Job -- Psalms 1-41 -- Psalms 42-89 -- Psalms 90-150 -- Proverbs -- Ecclesiastes -- Song of Songs -- Wisdom -- Sirach -- Prophetism and prophets -- Isaiah -- Jeremiah -- Lamentations -- Baruch -- Letter to Jeremiah -- Ezekiel -- Daniel -- The minor prophets -- Hosea -- Joel -- Amos -- Obadiah -- Jonah -- Micah -- Nahum -- Habakkuk -- Zephaniah -- Haggai -- Zechariah -- Malachi -- The intertestamental period and the rise of apocalyptic. -- New Testament. -- The meaning of the term "Gospel" -- The synoptic problem: How did we get our Gospel? -- The Nag Hammadi Corpus -- The Church's Gospel Canon: Why four and no more? -- Genre(s) of the Gospels -- Matthew -- Mark -- Luke -- John -- Luke: Portrait and project -- Acts of the Apostles -- Letters in the New Testament -- Romans -- 1 Corinthians -- 2 Corinthians -- Galatians -- Ephesians -- Philippians -- Colossians -- 1 Thessalonians -- 2 Thessalonians -- Introduction to the Pastoral Epistles -- 1 Timothy -- 2 Timothy -- Titus -- Philemon -- Hebrews -- James -- 1 Peter -- 2 Peter -- 1 John -- 2 John -- 3 John -- Jude -- Revelation

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